Category: AMERICA

Virginia Governor Signs Law to Ensure Parents’ Right to Opt Out of School Mask Mandates

Under a law signed on Feb. 16 by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, public school districts in the commonwealth will have to allow parents to decide whether their child wears a mask at school. “Children have not only suffered learning loss, they have suffered relationship loss,” Youngkin said at a ceremony outside Virginia’s Capitol building. “Now…


EXCLUSIVE: Former Harvard Prof. Martin Kulldorff: ‘Science and Public Health Are Broken’

Dr. Martin Kulldorff is one of the most qualified public health pandemic experts in the United States. To the narrative-shapers, he’s a pariah. As a prominent epidemiologist and statistician, Kulldorff has worked on detecting and monitoring infectious disease outbreaks for two decades. His methods are widely used around the world and by almost every state…


Chris Lane’s Spouse Lauren Bushnell Slams Mask Mandate for Young Children

Lauren Bushnell, the wife of American country singer Christopher Lane, called the mask mandate for young children “not fair” and “cruel,” explaining the measure has an impact on kids’ concentration and ability to learn in school. “Young children cannot learn with a mask on period point-blank. This is cruel. I am thankful we are able to…


GiveSendGo Donors From United States Account For Roughly 50 Percent of Canadian Freedom Convoy Campaign

Around 50 percent of donations to the Freedom Convoy anti-mandate protests in Canada have come from small donations made from the United States, according to the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. There was “a pretty even split between donations coming from Canada and donations coming from the U.S.,” said Jacob Wells, CFO and co-founder of GiveSendGo, to…


Fauci: Recent Easing of COVID-19 Mandates Has ‘Nothing to Do With Politics’

White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci suggested that politics had little to do with decisions in recent weeks from Democrat officials to rescind COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. “I wouldn’t say it’s the politics. I think it’s the different evaluation of what’s right for a particular community,” Fauci said in response to a question during an…


CDC Not Changing Mask Guidance Despite Plunging Cases, Hospitalizations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is resisting changing its guidance on masking and other measures meant to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 despite cases, hospitalizations, and deaths dropping across the United States in recent weeks. The key factor is the agency’s system for ranking community transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19….


Philadelphia Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Passport for Restaurants

The city of Philadelphia on Wednesday lifted its COVID-19 vaccine passport mandate due to a drop in cases, according to the city’s health commissioner. “As of today, we no longer need our city’s dining establishments to check vaccines,” Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole announced Wednesday. The mandate went into effect in January, requiring proof…


Tyson Foods Eases Mask Mandate At Some US Facilities, But Not At Meatpacking Plants

Tyson Foods said on Feb. 15, that it would lift its mask mandate for fully vaccinated employees at certain U.S. facilities, except those working at meatpacking plants for now. The meatpacking company said that its new policy applies to employees at facilities not under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and…


San Francisco Voters Oust Three School Board Members Over Strict Pandemic Rules

San Francisco voters on Feb. 15 overwhelmingly voted to recall three school board members, expressing their frustration with the board’s strict rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez, and Faauuga Moliga were all recalled, with preliminary results showing at least 72 percent of voters opted to oust each one. Lopez, the board’s president, Moliga, the…


Moderna CEO Says Last Stages of COVID-19 Pandemic Are in Sight

Moderna chief executive officer Stephane Bancel has said he feels it’s “a reasonable scenario” to assume that the last stages of the COVID-19 pandemic are in sight. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Wednesday, the CEO of the American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company reiterated comments made by other health professionals, including World Health Organization (WHO) Regional…